In American football: a desperate, long-distance forward pass with no realistic completion expectation.
My apologies to everyone I know, but after seeing the movie twice in a week and reading the book, Project Hail Mary is going to be my entire personality for the next month.
✨ ¡Se ha confirmado la adaptación al manga de 'Proyecto Hail Mary', la novela de Andy Weir! 📖 Será publicado en la revista 'Haya Comic'. ✍️ Adaptado por el mangaka Hajime Go.
In American football: a desperate, long-distance forward pass with no realistic completion expectation. Originally and still actually a Catholic prayer.
"They threw a Hail Mary at the buzzer."
“My apologies to everyone I know, but after seeing the movie twice in a week and reading the book, Project Hail Mary is going to be my entire personality for the next month.”
“✨ ¡Se ha confirmado la adaptación al manga de 'Proyecto Hail Mary', la novela de Andy Weir! 📖 Será publicado en la revista 'Haya Comic'. ✍️ Adaptado por el mangaka Hajime Go.”
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(British, football) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
(sports) A pass to another player that is delivered with a particularly high level of force.
(figuratively, sport, British, Australian, Irish) A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.).
(American football, dated) To kick a ball backwards.
I think the optimistic take is that they’re holding back the good stuff. The IMAX preview ahead of Project Hail Mary was pretty thrilling
“I think the optimistic take is that they’re holding back the good stuff. The IMAX preview ahead of Project Hail Mary was pretty thrilling”
“Andy Weir Can't Stop Recommending This Sci-Fi Book To Project Hail Mary Fans Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir keeps on recommending this sci-fi book everywhere he goes, and it's not hard to understand why.”
“Millions in NIL and a football future are on the line as Brendan Sorsby makes a desperate Hail Mary attempt to mitigate NCAA gambling allegations. Can attorney Jeffrey Kessler snag another win? We’re about to find out. www.foxnews.com/outkick-spor...”
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A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.